Ian Rush presents Lidl Play More Football awards to deserved winners

Wales' record goalscorer Ian Rush has praised the work of our inaugural Lidl Play More Football award winners, imploring them to take the leadership skills they've learned into later life.

The school pupils, who lead football sessions for younger age groups, were handed awards by the Liverpool legend at the 2017 National Coaches Conference.

Rush told the assembled winners: "Playing football is about gaining life skills.

"You go out and make new friends and that's what it's all about. Whatever you learn from this programme will be very useful later on in life.

"No matter how old you are, you should always be prepared to listen and learn. Once you've learned new skills, go back and use them again."

Among the winners were Scott Crocombe, of St Christopher's School, Wrexham, pupil who picked up the Outstanding Achievement Award, Sion Thomas, of Dyffryn Aman School, in the Swansea Valley, who was named our Director of Football of the Year and pupils from Ysgol Cwm Rhymni, who were named Play More Football School of the Year.

After receiving her award, delighted Rosie Morgan, of Ysgol Cwm Rhymni, said: "Obviously, it's a really great achievement to win because everything we do in the school means something.

"Now we've won, we can show the rest of the school that what we are doing is really making a difference.

"It's great to show that all the hard work that we've done has paid off.